Fugitive Slave Advertisements D'Aquin Bakery and Union Bakery

ID: 6105 ~ Source: Times-Picayune, December 26, 1848, p.7; Times-Picayune October 8, 1844, p.7. ~ Date: 12/26/1848; 10/08/1844.

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Two Fugitive Slave Advertisements for Enslaved Bakery Workers

This file appears in: Enslaved Bakers and the Foreign French: D’Aquin, Bouny, and Poincy Bakeries

Enslaved Bakers and the Foreign French: D’Aquin, Bouny, and Poincy Bakeries

By Dana Logsdon

Before the Civil War, enslaved labor was an integral part of the commercial baking industry and the overall economy in New Orleans. While food historians note the role that French, Spanish, and Anglo…